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Football season is right around the corner, with UCF kicking off preseason camp Aug. 5. To prepare fans for the upcoming season, we've asked reporters covering the Knights' opponents to give us insight into the programs UCF will be facing this season. Next up, East Carolina football analysis from Raleigh News and Observer reporter Brian Haines. The Knights host the Pirates Nov. 19. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. and the game will air on ESPN. Question: What was the biggest take-away for you about East Carolina's after spring football workouts? Answer: "My biggest take-way from spring football this year was that the drop off production...

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Navy football now has a home.
It only took 135 years.
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The NBA Draft did not go the way Ryan Boatright had hoped. Sixty picks came and went, and Boatright, the UConn captain, was not selected.
As the second round wore on, Boatright tweeted, "I can't wait for summer league," adding 10 exclamation...

STORRS – Paul McCarthy spends a good portion of his time at Gampel Pavilion doing the important, but not necessarily glamorous, legal work of the UConn athletic department.In 17 years at UConn, as assistant attorney general, senior associate athletic...

STORRS — When UConn men's soccer coach Ray Reid was asked last month to evaluate the 2014 season, he got right to the point."We all failed," Reid said. "I've been doing this since 1989 [at Southern Connecticut State], and I've missed the...

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UConn Stays AliveDesignated hitter Joe DeRoche-Duffin's two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth capped a five-run inning and sent UConn to the semifinal round of the 2015 American Athletic Conference baseball championships with a 7-6 win...

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UConn will get only one shot against East Carolina and South Florida next season. The American Athletic Conference men's basketball pairings for 2015-16 were announced Wednesday, and with 11 teams in the league, and an 18-game conference schedule, each...

UConn's Carson Cross has been named American Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year, the league announced Monday night. Cross headlines a league-best seven All-Conference performers for the Huskies, including four first-team members.In addition to Cross,...

Hartford Beats UMBCHartford baseball opened its final weekend series of the season Friday with a 1-0 shutout of the UMBC Retrievers, snapping a 13-game win streak for the conference foe. That win secured the Hawks their second straight appearance...

STORRS — As athletic trainer Janelle Francisco wrapped ice around Pat Ruotolo's elbow – more necessary than ever on this Sunday afternoon – the look on his face, and the faces around him, told the story of a prideful fight overshadowed by a devastating...

STORRS — Anthony Kay was home watching on TV the day UConn beat Notre Dame to clinch the last Big East baseball championship two years ago, and it left a lasting imprint."I watched the entire tournament," he said, "and watching [Anthony]...

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STORRS — It was a homecoming for the UConn baseball team, but it was not a happy one.
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